Where We Live

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Nights Next door, he climbs under A jacked-up Chevy with a droplight. His girl rags off The silver tools before passing them under. Tire-scream and glasspack-rumble. The concerto in my room goes weak. But when they quit It's a black quiet. I lie down and my mind gets up In its sleep. At my kitchen table He leans over a blank page -- Cut hands and cracked nails Rimmed with slim moons of dirt. He is mocking Up a list of my loves: The click of well-seated valves, A good rock beat for the drags, A girl beside me, The beautiful poor white girl Who will litter me kids, Adjust the light, shadows for make-up. (c) BOA Editions, Ltd 1982

Author Bio

Founder of Tar River Poetry and editor for 30 years, Peter Makuck taught at East Carolina University from 1976 to 2006. His stories, poems, reviews and essays appear in Poetry, The Nation, Hudson Review, The Sewanee Review, and The Georgia Review. He is author of four volumes of poetry, two short story collections, and co-edited a book of essays.